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College Basketball · 2026-27 · Preseason

Eric Dailey Jr.

UCLA · Forward · Senior · 6-8 · #3

Returning

#205Overall
+1.08Projected impact
  • #91 forward in the country

Projected role · 2026-27

Projected starter (about 26 minutes a game) at UCLA, as a secondary scorer. Similar role to last season.

Projected minutes
26
Spot in the rotation
#2

From the Statboy preseason model. It updates once games start.

▸What is impact?

Impact is how many points per game a player adds to his team. 0 is an average player, so a plus number means he's better than average and a minus number means he's below. It's Statboy's own number, based on everything he does on the court and the level he played against.

Last season: the basics

2025-26 at UCLA: 35 games, 35 starts, 27.6 minutes a game.

  • Points per game11.678th
  • Rebounds per game5.877th
  • Assists per game1.369th
  • Steals per game0.980th
  • Blocks per game0.328th
  • Turnovers per game1.335th
  • Field goal %48.6%(155-319)47th
  • 3-point %31.6%(31-98)56th
  • Free throw %69.9%(65-93)58th

Last season: advanced

Percentiles compare him with every Division I forward who played 300+ minutes.

  • Usage rate22.5%style

    Share of his team's possessions he ends (shot, free throws or turnover) while on the floor

  • Offensive rating112.247th

    Points he produces per 100 possessions he uses

  • Defensive rating106.556th

    Points allowed per 100 possessions while he's on the floor (lower is better)

  • True shooting %56.4%40th

    Scoring efficiency counting 3s and free throws

  • Effective FG %53.4%43rd

    Field goal % with 3s worth 1.5 times a 2

  • Assist-to-turnover1.0059th

    Assists for every turnover

  • Offensive rebound %26.2%21st

    Share of his team's missed shots he rebounds while on the floor

  • Free-throw rate29.2%28th

    Free throws attempted per 100 field goal attempts

  • Win shares per 40.12059th

    Wins he created per 40 minutes played

Players like Eric Dailey Jr.

The closest matches among every forward in the country: all of last season's stats compared on the same scale, plus projected impact.

  • Bangot Dak

    Vanderbilt · F · Senior

    81%match

    Transfer from Colorado

    +1.13 impact · 11.5 pts · 6.5 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • Dasear Haskins

    Ole Miss · F · Senior

    80%match

    Transfer from Saint Joseph's

    +0.63 impact · 11.1 pts · 6.4 reb · 1.4 ast

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  • DeShawn Gory

    Oregon State · F · Sophomore

    78%match

    Transfer from Fresno State

    +0.63 impact · 13.7 pts · 6.1 reb · 2 ast

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  • Kanon Catchings

    Georgia · F · Junior

    77%match

    Returning

    +0.84 impact · 11.6 pts · 4.8 reb · 1.2 ast

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  • Jackson Rasmussen

    Oregon State · F · Sophomore

    74%match

    Transfer from Idaho

    +0.21 impact · 13.5 pts · 4.7 reb · 1.3 ast

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  • Julen Iturbe

    American University · F · Junior

    74%match

    Returning

    +0.19 impact · 10.5 pts · 4.9 reb · 2.3 ast

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Impact = how many points per game he adds to his team when he plays. 0 is an average player (Statboy's own number).